Cigarette box



Dec.v 22l 1925.

Y F. STRINGER CIGARETTE BOX Filed Feb. 14. i925 Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

UNITED' STATES FRANK STRINGER., F KELLOGG, IDAHO.

CIGARETTE BOX.

Application filed February- To all whom 'it mag/concern.'

Be it known' that I, FRANK STRINGER, a citizen of the Unit-ed States,residing at Kellogg, in Shoshone County, and State of Idaho, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in cigarette boxes in theclass of special receptacles and packages. Although I have illustratedthe physical embodiment of my invention' in a cigarette package orv box,it will be understood that the invention/ may be embodied in otherpackages for vari-` ous uses. The primary object of my invention is theprovision of means in the form of a duplex projector-strip whereby the'initial cigarettes removed from the box or pack may be so removed withfacility and convenience after the package has been torn away to exposethe end or ends of some of the cigarettes. -v

` The projector-strip is designed yto be packed with the cigarettes inthe receptacle therefor and is provided with duplexv projecting tabsthatare accessible from either corner of the packagewhere opened, thusproviding a selective use for the convenience of the cigarette user.After the first or initial cigarette or. cigarettes are withdrawn fromthe pack, the remaining cigarettes may with convenience be withdrawn inthe usual manner.v

My invention consists inthe combination with a standard form or type of'cigarette box or package, of a specially formed projeetorstrip which isincorporated with the packv of cigarettes for use as will hereinafter bemore fully described and claimed.

In' the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one com lete example ofthe physical embodiment oi) myinvention wherein the parts are combinedand arranged in accordance with the best ymode I have thus far devisedfor the' practical application of the principles of my invention. v

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box -or package Vof c1garettes'withwhich the device of my invention is embodied, part ofthe package beingtorn away to disclose the use of one of the duplex projector-tabs.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through a cigarette box showing theoperation of the projector-stripl and its relation to projectedcigarettes.

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Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the duplex projectorstrips.

In the drawings for convenience of illustration and description of myinvention, I have shown a standard form or type ot' cigarette box orpackage 1 with the usual bottom` 2 and top portion 3, the latter beingtorn away in Figure 1 to disclose the cigarettes at 4 and the manner ofprojecting them.

The duplex projector-strip is preferably made up of light paste-board orcomparatively'heavy paperin approximate U-shapc and of the proper sizeto lit within the ciga rette box or package. l

The base 5 of the projector-strip lies flatupon the bottom 2 of the boxand said base is provided with a pair of side arms 6 and 7 which extendparallel with the two end rows of the cigarettes in the pack as shown inFigure 2. At the free endsor extremities of the side arms are providedprojectortabs 8 and 9, which when the strip is packed in the box liebeneath the top 3 of the box and project towardeach other over the endsA t the junctions of the side arms with the base of the strip areprovided V-shaped folds 10 and 11, which when the strip is packed withthe cigarettes lie lat against the bot` tom 2 ofthe box with the endrows of the S5 -cigarettes resting upon them as indicated at the rightin Figure 2.

yNear the upper free ends of the strip are provided perforations 12 and13 which extend in rows transversely ol the arms of the strip tofacilitate tearingno of either or bothof the tabs after they have beenused., to remove them as obstructions, from the interiorof the box.

The utility of the duplex projector-strip will be apparent from aninspection of the drawings.I After-one corner of the top of the packagehas been torn away, as indicated in Figure 1, from a selected corner ofthe box, the tab is accessible and may readily be grasped. By pulling onthe selected tab,

the V-shape fold is caused to be extended to an angular position asindicated at the left in Figure 2, and this angularly extending',movement of they fold projects one or more rows of the cigarettes atthat' end of the b ox, lifting or projecting. the cigarettes asindicated in Figures 1 and 2. The cigarettes wanted may then readily begrasped at their ends by the fingers and thumb and 1,10

Withdrawn from the pack. The used tab may then be torn away on theperforated line as 12, to remove itfrom the box, and the remainingcigarettes will be accessible for ready withdrawal from the box in theusual manner. By the use of this duplex projector strip either of theupper corners of the box may be torn away for access thereto and aprojector-tab will be found ready for convenient use, the box beingretained as a container for the remaining cigarettes.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is l. A duplex projector-strip for use incigarette packages comprising a base, side arms and normall flatV-shaped folds at the junction of sai base and arms, and foldable pulltabs at the free ends of said arms.

2. A duplex projector-strip 'for use in cigarette packages comprising abase, side arms having each a row of perforations near their free ends,normally flat V-shaped folds rows of cigarettes, side arms integral with30 said folds and lying parallel with the cigar rettes, a row oftransverse perforations 1n `each arm near its 1 free end, and foldablclpull tabs at the free ends of said arms.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK STRINGER.

